Astronomical Distances
150,000,000 kilometers or the average distance between the Earth and Sun.
What is an astronomical unit (AU)?
This line of longitude runs through the town of Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Irregular, Elliptical, Spiral
What are the three classifications of Galaxies?
29.5 days
What is the orbital period of the Moon?
Plato theorized that all objects in the heavens must orbit the Earth in this fashion.
What are perfect circles.
100,000 light years.
What is the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy?
This location on Earth lies at 20.8-degrees North and 156.4-degrees West
What is Maui Island?
Total, Partial, Annular
A harvest Moon, sometimes referred to as a Blood Moon can only occur when the Moon is at this point in Earth's shadow.
What is the Umbra region?
The heliocentric model became more popular after this individual posed his philosophical view of the universe.
What is 3.26 light years?
Maui, Pacific Ocean, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy....
What is our cosmic address?
Nine used to be the correct number, until 2006 when it was changed to eight.
How many planets are in our solar system?
These only occur during the New Moon phase, but may not always occur during a New Moon.
What are solar eclipses?
The geocentric model of the universe was widely accepted for nearly 1500 years thanks to this man.
Who was Ptolemy?
26,000 light years.
What is the distance between our solar system and the center of the galaxy?
This imaginary line runs from the North pole, through your zenith, then continues to the south pole.
What is the meridian or local meridian?
This number represents Earth's axial tilt in degrees.
What is 23.4?
18 years, 10.3 days
What is the Saros Cycle?
Who is Tycho Brahe?
What is Andromeda?
These lines positioned every 10-degrees on a globe indicate the distance in degrees from the equator.
What are lines of latitude?
Billions upon billions
What is the estimated number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy?
Ancient Egyptians erected these stone structures to track time using the Sun's position.
What are Obelisks?
Earth is not flat! Or so said this early mathematician.
Who was Pythagoras?